AN: Chapter 6 is up and I must say I've done a pretty fantastic job despite screw ups on my end as the author but, I didn't stop trying things and look where it's go us. Now it's time to finish up these finals and get down to one of the reasons for this story, action packed battles, now I know many of you are wondering just what is Naruto's current level of skill and I have to say that's for me to know and you guys to guess or find out. So without further ado on with the disclaimer and the story.

"Be gone pest!"- Normal speech

'Be gone pest!' - Normal Thoughts

"Be gone pest!" - Demon speech

"Begone pest!" - Demon thoughts

Begone Pest!- Locations

Begone Pest- Jutsu

Disclaimer: Normally I'd get one of the cast to give the disclaimer but I'll say this instead. Look to the first five chapters for the disclaimer.

Chapter 6: The Finals Part 2

Recap: Spinning around Neji only had a few seconds to see a water dragon barreling down at him with its yellow orbs flashing in warning. It was too late for Neji to dodge it so the only choice was to block it with a move of his own, He gathered a large amount of chakra in his body and begun to spin while expelling the chakra from all his tenketsu.

Kaiten(Heavenly Spin)

Neji spun at a high speed creating a dome of pure chakra just as the water dragon slammed into jutsu which caused a huge explosion that rocked the entire stadium as a dust cloud rose blcoking out eveything.

Everyone watching was on the edge of their seats to see the outcome of that blast, wondering if Neji survived it or not...

Now, Arena floor

The entire stadium was quiet as the huge dust dome covered everything visible. everyone looked on with bated breath as the dust was finally settling over the field, soon two outlines could be seen. One was Fudo Akane who stood with a kunai held in a reverse grip as she waited to see if her opponent was still up to fighting, then there was Neji who was on a knee breathing very hard as a he took a lot of damage seeing as he was at the epicenter of the blast but he could still fight.

"Damn this girl, she forced me to show my two trump cards before the finals. No matter I've got to end this match in my favor as is my destiny." Neji thought as he slowly rose to his feet despite his body's protests.

Grabbing a handful of shurikens, Neji launched them at Akane who blocked them by going through hand signs and firing another round of water bullets at Neji's weapons and Neji himself. Neji weaved around the water attacks and threw a kunai which Akane tried to catch but misjudged it's speed and ended up with the knife lodged in her hand, as she tried to rip it free quickly Neji was already upon her in the stance for the Hakke Rokujūyon Shō(Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms).

Akane could only recoil in pain from every hit that connected as she did her best to dodge every palm strike she could, with a final open palm strike to the sternum Akane was pitched across the field but managed to end up on a knee with a bit of blood streaming from the corner of her lip.

"With your tenketsu closed off you can't continue. Just forfeit and say yourself the humiliation, there is nothing that the Byakugan can't see through." Neji said with all the superiority he could put into his voice without giving away that he was nearly out of chakra after that second usage of the Rokujūyon Shō.

As Akane gazed up to the stands where her sensei was sitting she could barely make out the nod that he gave which was his way of saying that he was very proud of how strong she's become so far. Not wanting to disappoint her sensei Akane rose to her feet while having her hand in a half rat sign.

"Hyuuga Neji, you're right without my chakra flowing I would have to forfeit this match. But that's the problem with your clan, they believe themselves above defeat. Well I'm going to show everyone that such a prestigious clan of Konoha can be brought to it's knees every once in a while. Fuin: Kai!" Akane said as chakra seemed to surge from her so strongly that it was visible to everyone in the audience.

Neji could only watch on with wincing eyes, as chakra moved from one small spot on her right arm to all over her body while forcibly opening her tenketsu with fresh chakra. He and the rest of the Hyuuga watching that activated their Byakugan, could only watch with grim faces as the damage to one of their ougi's(techniques) was being undone in such a manner.

"I've got enough chakra for maybe two big jutsu or a couple of small ones. Time to show everyone that a doujutsu isn't infallible. Kirigakure no Justu(Hidden Mist Technique)" Akane thought as she held the sign for Saru(Monkey).

Neji got into a jyuuken stance as the mist started to creep across the field and swallow up his field of vision quickly, many in the audience were on the edge of their seats leaning forward. Those that faced that particular jutsu such as Kakashi found themselves reliving that experience for an instance, anyone else that has heard of the move were interested in how Akane would use it to her advantage.

Neji tried to use his Byakugan to peer through the mist and found it just about impossible with all the chakra in the mist acting as a shield for Akane's actions, focusing on his ears he tried listening for her feet.

"This isn't going to save you from my jyuuken, you're jutsu is a double-edged sword. You're as blind as I am in here."Neji said as he tried to goad his opponent into giving away her position so he could attack her.

"Hmm it seems that you're more introverted to the inner workings of the shinobi world than you should be, why would our village allow any of our shinobi to use such a technique if we didn't use it properly?" Akane's voice said coming from all over as Neji spun around multiple times to try and pinpoint it.

Stadium Seating

"That's the move that Momochi Zabuza used when we fought him in Nami(Wave) during our first C-rank." Sakura said with shock at seeing the technique again for the second time in her life so soon.

Many of the jounins in their group looked at Sakura as if she was crazy before they looked at Kakashi, who still had his face glued to his book like nothing was wrong with her statement.

"Is this true Kakashi? Your genin squad went against an A-rank Shinobi on their first C-rank out of the village?" Asuma asked as he looked at the silver haired-nin.

"More or less, the mission got bumped up but I knew my team could handle it." Kakashi said as he nonchalant as he glanced up from his book to look at the field once more before looking to the waiting jounins.

"So you jeopardized the lives of three genin, because you thought they could handle it? What if you weren't able to protect them, then what?" Kurenai asked with horror marring her features as she looked at Kakashi.

"I was able to and everything worked out fine, so it's really neither here nor there anymore." Kakashi said as he put his nose back inside his book.

Kurenai was going to say something else but Asuma put a restraining hand on her shoulder, looking to the bearded Sarutobi Kurenai could see him shake his head with a grim expression against pursuing the matter for right now. Everyone in their section gave Kakashi disapproving looks as they all put their attention fully on the field below.

Stadium Floor

Neji had to find Akane before she struck, he only picked up footsteps every now and again but knew that if she had truly mastered this jutsu he would already be dead. Calming down Neji closed his eyes before he made a fatal mistake that could cost him.

Akane on the other hand was looking to how she could end this match in one move considering that Neji could use the Kaiten to block anything she threw at him, however this mist gave her the advantage for the moment. So she used it to come up with a jutsu to use.

"Okay this is the last move I can make before I'm completely out of chakra. I just hope it will be enough." Akane thought as she started doing the handsigns for her last jutsu of the fight.

Suiton: Suigadan(Water Release: Water Fang Bullet)

Water from all over the field rose up and rushed forward at Akane's will, becoming a drill of water as the technique prepared to hit Neji full force. Neji himself heard the roar of water heading towards him but from what direction he couldn't tell due to the mist surrounding him, so he tried forcing his Byakugan to peer through the fog so he could see. What he saw had Neji recoil in surprise, a large drill made of water was right on top of him leaving no room to dodge.

"Only one choice left. Kaiten!" Neji said as he begun spinning rapdily while expelling the rest of his chakra from his tenketsu.

As the two jutsu collided, they created an even larger explosion that rocked the field as the mist was expelled from the burst of energy. The entire audience watched as the Hyuuga prodigy was thrown backwards from the force of the explosion, he landed hard and rolled a couple times before coming to a stop and struggled to get up only to fall back down and not get back up. Genma had jumped down onto the field right after and made his was over to the fallen Konoha genin.

"Proctor, I've lost I can't move. I'm out of chakra." Neji admitted as he just looked skyward.

"Hyuuga Neji is unable to continue. Shoush-..." Genma didn't get to finish as he looked over to watch Akane fall over from chakra exhaustion as well.

"I take back my earlier statement. This match ends in a draw." Genma said as he signaled for the medics to move in and collect the two fighters as the crowd burst into applause at such a great match after waiting so long since the very first match.

Stadium seating

As they got ready for the next match and were moving Akane and Neji to the infirmary, Sakaki finally came down the steps in a daze that she somehow still managed to function in normally regardless, people couldn't help but notice the hickey bite marks on her collarbone.

"Yo, Sakaki you all right?" Anko asked being the brave soul that she was.

"Yep... never better why?" Sakaki replied as she came down off her orgasmic high to see everyone looking at her with her haori open more so than usual.

"What, you people act as if you've never seen a hickey before." Sakaki said as she fixed her haori so everyone could see that she was taken without revealing anything more than she needed.

When just about everyone in that group muttered that they have never seen such a thing, that made Sakaki want to steamroll this place flat on that principle alone. However she just took a deep breath and looked down at the field.

"So whose fighting next? I heard the Hyuuga got the shit kicked out of his breadbasket but the match ended in a draw." Sakaki said with a sadistic grin that had everyone laughing for a moment and brought a small smile to one Hyuuga Hinata who hid it well.(Don't worry I haven't forgotten about her)

"My sochi, Kiba is fighting next. Hopefully he can pull off the win, especially since we put his ass through the ringer to prepare for this." Tsume said with pride in her voice as everyone's attention became focused on the field only for another voice to ring out that no one really wanted to deal with right now.

"Hmph...Kiba was a loser in the academy and I bet he was still a loser now. How he got into the finals is beyond me." Sasuke scoffed as if he was still the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Of course, Tsume and Hana didn't take the slight against their family member too well. So just as they were about to tear into the Uchiha physically, Sakaki did it mentally and emotionally.

(Warning: The bashing you're about to witness should not be attempted by any reader at home, those that are performing said bashing in this scene are highly trained professionals. This also shouldn't be viewed without an adult for those under the age of 18 or those that are die hard Uchiha Sasuke fans. For those over 18, we are proud to present you with this very sweet moment of bashing in part by Ero-sennin Crunch cereal. For the huge ecchi in us all, Hail Jiraiya-sama!)

"Hey Uchiha-bozou, how's that inferiority complex working out for you? I heard your brother was a chuunin by age ten and what about you? Ooooh you're still a greenhorn genin at the age of twelve and can't even move up for promotion anymore." Sakaki asked while grinning slowly at the anger slowly building in her target by the way his little hands were shaking.

"Got another question for you duck butt hair. How is restoring your clan working out for you? Cause from what I've heard you got all these girls throwing themselves at you and you ain't taking anything being offered, makes me wonder if you're really a fudge packer for the other team. I mean come on what kind of plan do you really have for when you meet your kin slaying brother? You gonna fall on his kunai and hopes that he keels over from it? Or how about the fact that you have no one to pick up where you left off if you get axed from this world beforehand, not that I would cry if you did." Sakaki continued as she could see that Sasuke needed just one more little nudge and his humiliation would be complete. Thinking up what she wanted to say next, Sakaki put the final nail in the coffin.

"Ne, Could one of you jounin tell me the net worth I would get for cashing in Uchiha Itachi's head bounty? I'm thinking of kicking his ass myself!" Sakaki said as she watched Sasuke erupt in anger.

Everyone in the group watched as Sasuke's sharingan flared to life and he moved to start hand signs for his newest jutsu that he was saving for Gaara but now he'd test it on this bitch in front of him for her blatant insults against his clan and his ambition. He didn't get to even form the first sign as he found himself staring at the tip of a katana as it was pointed directly at his red eyes.

"Just give me an excuse to make you permanently blind for the rest of your pathetic life….that is what you doujutsu users fear most not being able to see especially the Uchiha right? I know you arrogant types are slow to understand things so I'll speak clearly, if you ever look at me again with anything other than the natural black eyes you were born with: I'll pluck those monkey marbles you call eyes from your skull. Because let's be honest with ourselves here, you yourself aren't really needed. All Konoha would need is the baby batter from your itty bitty willy and a willing broad to impregnate, so they can make little Uchiha chimplets of their own to fill the gaping void Itachi left when he put his own clan to the sword." Sakaki said in a bored tone as she didn't even bother looking at the person she was threatening. Sasuke looked positively murderous and would have said something but the katana literally mere centimeters away from his eyes stayed his tongue.

"Now be a good little monkey and go sit on your organ grinder's shoulder until you're allowed to dance to the music once more." Sakaki intoned lazily as she felt Sasuke deactivate his kekkei genkai and storm off in a murderous rage while everyone else looked on with truly shocked expressions.

"...That was completely uncalled for Sakaki-san." Kakashi said with a small glare that didn't intimidate Sakaki in the least as she brushed him off.

"Yea, Yea now go off and sulk with your chimp, unless... you want me to pull your monkey marble out through your anus?" Sakaki offered with a truly sadistic smile that put even Orochimaru's to shame, as she looked at the copy-nin while Anko just couldn't help herself and whipped out a notepad to take notes.

Without a single word of protest, Kakashi took of in search of Sasuke to calm him down. Kurenai was among the first to recover from what she just witnessed and looked over to see Anko scribbling with a fierce passion into a notepad.

"Anko, what in the world are you doing?" Kurenai asked as she raised an eyebrow at her friends antics like usual.

"Nai-chan you heard as well as I just did. That was pure torture gold, Sakaki what was that last part before he flipped? Doesn't matter I'll improvise." Anko said as she went back to writing.

Tsume and Hana were shocked that a person that they just met would go out of their way to defend Kiba indirectly like that, they weren't as big a clan as the Uchiha or Hyuuga are but they were respected as any clan of Konoha was for their strength and proven loyalty to the village.

"Arigatou Sakaki-san. We've never had a complete stranger stick up for our clan like that, As head of the Inuzuka clan I'm indebted to you." Tsume said with the utmost seriousness.

"Don't sweat it your clan is way cooler than the chimp's ever could be. Besides pissing him off like that was just too good an opportunity to pass up." Sakaki said as she brushed off Tsume's debt, she did however watch the Inuzuka matriarch out the corner of her eye as she read Tsume's body language, the woman still wanted to repay Sakaki someway regardless of what she just said. Well the vixen in disguise instantly thought of a way, as a smile slid across her face in the most devious of manners that people around her praying that they weren't the target of her attention.

Arena Floor

Genma stood surveying the landscape in silence just before he signaled for the gong to sound again as he stepped up to the middle of the field.

"Seeing as we are very limited on time, this next match shall by a free-for-all. Would Nii Yugito, Inuzuka Kiba and Nii Samui report to the arena floor!"

In the fighter's box Kiba instantly shouted in joy at getting to show off his skill but then realized that he was facing two shinobi from Kumo who would most likely try to double team him in an effort to get him booted first. A reassuring bark from his ninken Akamaru let Kiba know that he wouldn't be alone when facing them, gaining that grin again Kiba raced down the stairs.

Yugito was silently looking at her older sister with analyzing eyes but, hidden even deeper was a bit of sorry at fighting her sister. Nibi decided to add her sagely two cents to give her container and friend confidence through their link.

'Don't worry about it kitten, your nee-chan can take care of herself. Besides didn't you two want to go against each other to see who's gotten better than the other since you became a team?'Nibi purred soothingly as Yugito could feel a brushing against her mind like a mother's caress.

"...You're right Nibi, I shouldn't be focusing on the negative. Look at Samui, she's ready to do this and so am I" Yugito replied as he demeanor became that of her warrior persona.

Yugito and Samui met each other at the stairwell and just stared for a moment, before descending at the same time. The entire walk was held in silence but the conversation that passed between the two sisters was one of challenge and sisterly love and support no matter what.

As they stepped out into the sunlight of the arena ground, cheers for an exciting match greeted their eyes but, neither sister heard any of it really as they stood evenly apart from each other and Kiba while Genma stood off to one side with a smile of his own.

(Round 1, Match 6)

"This match is gonna be something special...Now it's time for the last match of the first round and it's a dozy Inuzuka Kiba of Konohagakure no sato vs. Nii Samui of Kumogakure no sato vs. Nii Yugito of Kumogakure no sato. Hajime!" Genma muttered to himself with that smile before growing serious and signaling the start of such a history making match then jumping away as the crowd roared in approval.

Samui and Yugito gripped the hilts of their swords respectably while Kiba held a kunai in reverse grip and his other hand in his pouch. Wasting no time both sister's ran at each other with swords drawn and Kiba tossed a soldier pill at Akamaru while simultaneously throwing the kunai at the two battling girls before flying through hand signs.

Sparks were really flying between Yugito and Samui as they clashed as if they were two demons, Samui ducked a beheading cut and thrust her blade towards Yugito's mid section. Yugito parried the strike away and was about to follow up with a knee to Samui's face when she had to jump back to avoid Kiba's thrown kunai. Looking over to where her second opponent was, Yugito saw the two drilling forms of Kiba and Akamaru flying right at her and Samui.

Both sister's jumped away from each other as the twin drills barreled right past them before changing direction and coming back around for a second try. Seeing that she could get two birds with one stone, Samui flew through four hand seals and cupped her hand as lightning began to gather there.

Raiton: Raikyu(Lightning Release: Lightning ball)

Samui threw the Rasengan sized lightning ball towards her sister and Yugito seeing what was coming her way alongside one of the Kiba's decided to block both attacks, using seven handsigns she put both her hands out in front of her.

Raiton: Rai no Tate(Lightning Release: Lightning Shield)

A large circular shield of lightning sprang into creation just as Kiba's attack would have slammed into Yugito herself. Kiba's own Tsuuga died down as he landed on his feet and jumped away as his body felt jolts of pain from the attack, luckily his jutsu dampened most of the shields effects by aiming the lightning towards the ground and sky at high rotation speeds.

Samui just kept dodging the attacking Tsuuga until she had enough and lead her 'Kiba' into the stadium wall, the tsuuga came to an end as Kiba shook off the imbalance and leap back to the other Kiba's side as Samui and Yugito resumed their sword battle.

"Well Akamaru, it looks like we have to pull out our trump card early. I know we didn't get to practice it enough but it should get the job done. Take this and get ready." Kiba said as Akamaru released the henge and caught the food pill to replenish his nutrients and fluids before taking off in a dead run.

Stadium Seating

Tsume and Hana's enhanced hearing heard exactly what Kiba was planning to do, unfortunately they weren't the only ones to do so. Sakaki heard every word and looked on anxiously at Kiba's move.

"Oh dear Kami, please tell me he isn't, ...he wouldn't." Tsume groaned at Kiba's eagarness to pull out the big guns this early.

"He is and I've got to say Tsume-san. Your sochi is a goner. I apologize for my laughter in advance." Sakaki said as she looked on with knowing eyes as everyone around her that wasn't an Inuzuka or animalistic in nature looked at the vixen with confused looks before turning back to the field.

Arena Floor

"All right Akamaru, use your Dainamikkumākingu(Dynamic Marking)!" Kiba instructed as the ninken ran at the two blondes and jumped before spinning and unleashing his urine everywhere.

Samui and Yugito were currently locked in a fierce fight of importance to them, to prove their strength to each other. Yugito blocked a sword strike to her neck and threw a punch that was swatted away before Samui had to side step a vertical cut, she then spun around to cut Yugito's tendons but her younger sister flipped over the blade and tried cutting Samui in the face when she landed only to receive a kick to the side that knocked her away. Just in time for Samui herself to be completely covered head to toe in a liquid that wasn't water.

Yugito had landed in a crouch nearby and had caught when the liquid covered her sister head to toe, looking over she saw Akamaru running back to Kiba and filled in the blank very quickly. With wide eyes she slowly turned her head over to Samui to see the girl with her head tilted downward with her hair shadowing her eyes as the temperature of the entire arena dropped.

"This is dog piss? He had the nerve to have his ninken...piss on me?" Samui thought with a shocked mental expression as her brain shut down all rational process while she turned her head in Kiba's direction with hatred burning just barely beneath the surface.

"Good job Akamaru, Now we're ready to wrap this up with our next jutsu." Kiba said enthusiasm as he petted his ninken on the head while completely oblivious to what was about to happen to him.

Suddenly Kiba felt pain explode in his jaw, as he rocketed backwards and impacted so hard with the wall that his upper body became stuck there. Trying to shake the ringing and cobwebs from his head to see what the hell just hit him, Kiba looked up to see Samui exactly where he was just standing with er fist outstretched.

"Holy shit! I-I didn't even sense her move from where she was." Kiba thought with shock and fear as Samui raised her eyes in his direction with the promise of death fully in them.

Yugito could only curse as she raced forward to stop her sister before she beat Kiba to death, Kiba managed to pry himself from the wall only to go slamming back into it full force as all he saw was a mass of blond and black raining punch after punch down on his body.

Samui just pummeled the hell out of Kiba with everything she had in an effort to utterly destroy him for what he did, no one there suspected that she would snap like that but that's only because they weren't the one just pissed on by a ninken. And speaking of ninken, Akamaru wanted to help his master but Samui's killer intent was so strong that the pup just huddled into a ball on the ground and quivered in fear while releasing his bladder all over the ground.

Yugito had managed to reach Samui just as the raging girl was reaching for the sword on her back. Pulling her sister off the defenseless Inuzuka heir and hitting her in the neck, Yugito could see that she stopped her sister before things got bloody fast but, Kiba would remember this ass kicking he got in front of everyone.

"Protor you might as well call this match a draw as well." Yugito said as she carried her unconscious sister off the field over her shoulder.

"Right um..seeing as none of the fighter's are able to continue this match has been decided as a draw." Genma said as he couldn't tear his eyes away from the KO'ed form of Kiba slumped against the wall where Samui beat him senseless.

Stadium Seats

The entire audience couldn't even give any sort of response as they were all still shocked at what they just witnessed. Tsume and Hana didn't know whether to be shocked or disappointed but settled on embarrassed that Kiba forget a known rule of the shinobi world: never take your eyes off your opponent even for a second. As the silence almost reached a deafening high, one person's laughter rang out causing every head in that stadium to find it's source. Naturally it was Sakaki who was just dying of laughter in her seat, realizing that she was the center of attention she spoke up.

"What in the hell are you all looking at? I don't give two flying fucks who you are, but if that was me I would be out to kill the one who even ordered such a thing. No offense to your clan Tsume-chan but getting pissed on is something no person should have to endure no matter what." Sakaki said while laughing the entire time at Kiba's predicament while the medic's carried him off field for treatment.

Kage Booth

Sarutobi had to cough into his hand to prevent an unwarrented sight such as a Kage laughing at an explination like that, recomposing himself Sarutobi looked to E who had a stoney expression and a death grip on his chair.

"Ahem...Raikage-dono. I take it that young Samui isn't always like that?" Sarutobi asked gently as the man looked ready to explode in anger like he was prone to.

"...No, she's usually the most level headed out of that team." E replied after calming down enough to speak clearly.

"I'm sure, perhaps we should move on with the matches." Sarutobi said cutting off any smart mouth remarks before things got out of hand between the Element shadows.

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As people all over the stadium looked at Sakaki as if she was completely insane, they slowly regained their senses as spectators were calling for the next set of matches which were down to only four people after all that. Genma called for a break in the matches for restroom use and to open the betting window again, in the fighters box as the Suna team were conversing Naruto decided to fill in at least Shikamaru and Shino seeing as he could trust their judgment of listening before making a decision.

Walking over he motioned for them to stand with their backs facing away from the two Kumo kunoichi and the Suna team before talking.

"Listen for the time being and don't make a sound until I'm done speaking, cause I don't know how much time we have left. Within the next few matches an Invasion of Konoha is going to take place between Suna, Oto and Us." Naruto said with a quiet voice so as not to be heard by anyone else.

"But why would they invade us?" Shikamaru asked with clear shock on his face.

"It's all a plan orchestrated by the Sannin Orochimaru, it's his revenge plot against the Leaf for whatever his reasons are and possibly kill the Sandaime. So keep your eyes open and Shino take a dive when your turn comes up to fight Gaara, you're not match for his abilities." Naruto said as he turned his gaze to the Aburame heir.

"I concur with your assessment, my Kukaichu would indeed be no match for him. I shall forfeit my battle with him." Shino said with a nod as he pushed his shades back into place on his nose.

"Good and just to be sure, Kurenai-sensei is going to cast a stadium wide genjutsu that's the signal for the invasion to begin so be on the lookout." Naruto offered before turning around and waiting for the next match to be called.

X-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

Genma called for Naruto and Temari so they could begin their match and both opponent's entered the arena, when they faced off the Suna kunoichi had quickly forgotten Naruto's speed from the first match and was quickly disarmed of her Tensen(Battle Fan) as she went to use her Kamaitachi no Jutsu. Without it Temari was seriously lacking in anything she could use to fight back against the Inu youkai, so she did the smart thing and gave up.

When Shino was called to face Gaara, he did the logical thing and forfeited before even stepping in the ring. Naturally all the civilians and client's alike weren't too pleased with the limited amount of action between the shinobi today. However that thought was thrown completely from everyone's mind as the Final match was about to take place, people raced to the betting window and to the bathroom as no one wanted to miss this battle.

Soon enough the entire audience was seated and on edge as Genma made his way back down to the field. Up in the kage booth even they could feel the tension in the air as Genma got the entire arena's attention. In the section with the rookies, Kurenai suddenly got up and was about to start moving out into the aisle when she felt a tug of her arm. Looking down she of course found her friend Anko looking at her with a questioning gaze.

"Where you going Nai-chan? The match is just about to start." Anko asked playing the part of the concerned friend to throw off their tip to Orochimaru's plan encase he had an ear nearby.

"I just remembered that I have something to go take care of right quick. I won't be long." Kurenai said with a reassuring smile when everyone else minus Sakaki and Kin looked in her direction.

"Well just don't be too long." Anko said with a smirk letting the genjutsu using jounin know that the fun was about to begin soon.

With a nod of her head Kurenai was off to get into position.

Stadium Floor

"Now then it's time for the final match of the exams. Would Sabaku no Gaara and Uzumaki Naruto report to the arena floor." Genma said as the crowd really got beside themselves at what was about to go down.

Neither fighter wasted time getting down to the arena floor, as Gaara made a handsign and used as Suna Shunshin(Sand Body Flicker) to disappear in a swirl of sand. While Naruto simply became a ball of light and gently floated down to the ground, both of them appeared at the exact same moment with an unreadable expression and trying to kill the other with a look alone.

"All right now it's time for the final match. Uzumaki-Inutaisho Naruto of Konohagakure no sato and Sabaku no Gaara of Sunagakure no sato. Hajime!" Genma yelled before jumping away and completely out of the ring, already knowing that he shouldn't get in the way of these two.

Naruto and Gaara just stared each other down as everything around them lost focus, nothing was going to distract them. Not the invasion, not the Kages watching from the booth above, not even the entire stadium that just went quiet to watch these to titans bump heads. Gaara was just looking at this new opponent that he was ready to crush underfoot when his entire psyche started to crack under the influence of his biju which was telling him to kill Uzumaki and feed his blood to the sand.

"Uzumaki prepare yourself...Kaa-san shall have your blood and then she will be pleased with me." Gaara said in an even deader tone than he did as the cork came loose from his gourd and sand started to spill out and pool at the red head's feet.

"Hmph, if you want my blood so badly then come and take it yourself." Naruto said without hesitation as he pulled Tokijin from his belt and held it pointed at Gaara.

"Yes...that's it Uzumaki come help me prove my existance!" Gaara said as he crossed his hands and his sand went racing for the silver blond youkai.

Naruto simply side stepped the wave of sand and wasted no time closing the gap between him and Gaara, swinging Tokijin he wasn't surprised to find that the sand blocked the attack. Gaara on the other hand was surprised that his Suna no Tate barely managed to stop the blade before it could touch him. With a twist of his wrist Naruto pulled his blade free and jumped away as the sand tried to trap him, Gaara just stood there impassively as Naruto cut away at each wave of sand with little progress.

Everyone watched as Naruto dodged another sand ambush and rushed it's wielder with Tokijin again, only for the Suna no Tate to block each strike yet again. On the last one the sand gripped the blade before tossing it and it's owner away, Naruto righted himself and landed on his feet looking at Gaara.

"Pathetic. If you can't get close provide me with the sensation I seek then your life is forfeit." Gaara said as he commanded the sand to rush forward and end the match as Naruto just started dodging the sand as it attempted to ensnare him.

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Up in the stands people were seeing Naruto being pushed onto the defensive by Gaara's sand and were becoming convinced that he would fall like all others that went against the red-haired boy. Soon people started having whispered conversations amongst themselves while watching the fight go on.

"Oh man, Uzumaki's good but he just can't seem to get past that Gaara kid's sand to even attack." One of the chuunin sitting near the rookie squads was as his buddy agreed. Sakaki of course heard this and just snorted at the closed mindedness of those around her when it came to her mate, so naturally she spoke her piece as usual.

"Please, those two wimps know not what they speak of." Sakaki muttered loud enough for those around her to hear.

"What do you mean Sakaki-san?" Kurenai asked with curiosity shining in her wine colored orbs as she looked at the vixen for an explanation with everyone else.

"It would be stupid to have spent an entire month preparing for one opponent alone, so Naruto-kun and I spent each day coming up with a strategy to combat all the other 12 finalist. In other words, my mate isn't losing to some pipsqueak with therapy issues." Sakaki said as Kakashi and Sasuke had just made it back in time to see this match up and watch Naruto lose to Gaara.

"Hmph, looks like the dobe is finished now." Sasuke said as he got everyone's attention turned to the field to see Naruto jump back to the wall of the stadium with nowhere to go as the sand cut off escape and advanced right on him to become the sand coffin.

"I guess the dobe was nothing but hot air. Serves him right for taking my rightful place against that Suna kid." "I have to agree with Sasuke, Naruto bit off more than he could handle with facing that Suna genin." Sasuke and Kakashi commented as several people looked truly disgusted with how they talked about a teammate/student or in Kin's case absolutely livid for his slight against her lord.

"Guess again Chimp and one eyed chimp, now cram it and watch waht I mean." Sakaki said smugly as the entire sand wave was blasted away to reveal Naruto looking completely unharmed. This of course baffled everyone especially Temari and Kankuro who thought escaping that one move was impossible.

Gaara looked upon Naruto with genuine shock as his sand fell to the ground without much flair, the red head took a half step backwards before his mind was assulted again and he regained his stony composure.

"I'm curious. How did you managed to deflect my Sabaku Kyuu?" Gaara asked as he looked at Naruto with neutral eyes.

"To be honest it's not that hard considering your is slower than me." Naruto said as he cut the air while putting Tokijin back into a ready position in front of his body while the entire crowd gaped at him as if he was truly crazy.

"You amuse me Uzumaki, you boast and yet not a single one of your attacks have gotten passed my Suna no Tate since we began." Gaara pointed out.

"That's because I was determining your threat level and I have to say: You're pathetic and to prove this I'm going to make you bleed before this entire stadium." Naruto said as he ran at Gaara while leaving an afterimage near the wall.

"That's it Uzumaki, come meet your death!" Gaara said as his sand returned to him and began to swirl around his body at a fast rate.

Naruto jumped and attacked with a downward slash that was blocked by the sand as it arched to shield Gaara from the attack, dropping to his feet Naruto pivoted the moment he touched ground to thrust Tokijin forward in an attempt to skewer the Suna genin. Again Gaara's sand came to his aide but he couldn't help but look down at the blade a few centimeters away from piercing his stomach, bringing his line of sight backup Gaara narrowed his eyes a bit as he commanded the sand to catch Naruto while he was stuck.

The sand crashed upon itself while Gaara watched dispassionately from where he stood. Everyone leanded forward as if to get a better look at Naruto's fate, as the sand gave way a bit there was nothing that said Naruto had been encased in sand.

Gaara was wide eyed at this seeing as even the sword that was stuck firmly in the sand vanished along with its wielder. Slowly the Suna-nin looked around for his target but didn't see him as Naruto stood back to back with him holding Tokijin at his side. Realizing that Naruto could only be in one more place, Gaara turned around only to have a elbow smash into his jaw and send him crashing to the ground more than a few feet away.

Struggling to his feet Gaara was questioning why his absolute defense didn't stop the attack as his Suna no Yoroi was cracked very badly but, shook it off as a fluke like when he faced Rock lee. And speaking of the boy having remembered him caused Gaara's mind to go even further out of control before it stopped and he reapplied his Suna no Yoroi while he put his hands into a handsign while the sand around him started to cocoon around his body like a dome with his Suna no Tama(Sphere of Sand).

Naruto watched this without a shred of worry in his features as he watched Gaara's Daisan no Me(Third Eye) formed above the dome and was watching his every move. Deciding to see how impenetrable this sand sphere was, Naruto ran at the structure and swung against it only to clash with a round of spikes that burst out the side. Not one to be deterred the young Inu youkai continued to bat away at the sand shield and people could see that he was actually getting through with each strike but was stalemated by the face that as fast as he was cutting the sphere it was repairing itself.

Just Outside Konoha's walls

The large portion of Orochimaru's forces which were combined with those of Suna, stood by as they waited for the moment to begin their attack of Konoha and level it to the ground. In front of Konoha's large closed gate sat a seal circle with Suna-nin preparing to summon something from it.

"I don't like this, something about that Orochimaru just doesn't sit right. I don't think Kazekage-sama should have agreed to do business with him." One of two Suna-nin said as they patrolled the area for anything suspicious.

"What do you mean? If Kazekage-sama heard you talking like that you'd be in some major trouble." The second one warned as if their leader could hear their conversation this very minute.

"I mean haven't you noticed that it's mostly our forces out here? Where's Orochimaru's men at and how come we've only seen one or two of them at a time? I'm telling you something around here just doesn't feel right."

"Yeah well we don't get paid to question our leader so openly, that's borderline treason you know. Let's just get back to patrolling." The second Suna-nin said before jumping into the trees with the first one right behind.

The Suna jounin was right however something was up, for if any of the enemy had the skills of a sensor they would have most likely found Sakaki who simply sat in the trees right above the summoning circle with a smile on her face.

"Oh the fun I'm about to have. These mortals are going to learn why demons had every right to be feared for their immense power, well only the powerful ones anyway." Sakaki whispered with a bloodthirsty smile as her nine kitsune tails swung freely without a sound at what was to come soon enough.

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Back in the Chunnin Stadium, everyone was watching as Naruto jumped back from his assault on the Suna no Tama and assumed he was quitting. Up in the stands Sasuke got a smirk at this and decided to once again voice his unwanted opinion.

"Hmph, it looks like the dobe is quitting. I guess he didn't have what it takes to take on Gaara, not like I could have." Sasuke boasted while puffing out his chest a bit.

"By what? Willingly throwing yourself at the sand with some copied taijutsu and then use some piss poor technique that will rely on you using those monkey marbles because you can't do anything else remotely useful? Now shut it chimp and watch true power in action." Sakaki said with a smile as she once again took Sasuke down a peg with her words while never taking her eyes off Naruto.

In the fighting arena, Gaara's Daisan no Me swiveled to look at Naruto who adopted a breif scowl on his face, Mistaking it for frustration Gaara continued with his jutsu to unleash his biju from it's prison as Naruto decided to speak up.

"Once again your skill is disappointing to even look at. Your Suna no Tama is impressive but it can be easily beaten as you and everyone here will see. Sōryūha(Azure Dragon Stream)!" Naruto said as he stabbed Tokijin into the ground while looking at Gaara's spot with an expressionless face.

When nothing happened right away, everyone thought that he lost his mind for calling out such a jutsu that they had never heard of while stabbing his blade into the dirt. Only a few people truly knew what was happening and that was the Kages in the booth an those from Kumo who could feel the air become literally flooded with static electricity that sent jolts racing through their bodies.

E looked at Naruto with widening eyes, as he could sense the very power of this attack being on par with something an Anbu level shinobi could produce and wondered how come the boy wasn't obrn within Kumo.

Kirabi was looking at Naruto with a hidden expression of respect. "Yup, you're doin just fine. Now show us all your true strength Mr. Nine."

A rumbling started to get louder until everyone was looking at where Gaara was wrapped in his sand. The ground exploded in a shower of earth, as a gigantic pillar of lightning erupted right under Gaara's Suna no Tama and the sand sphere was eveloped in the bright blue light the attack produced. The pillar then turned into a large serpentine dragon that coiled and twisted towards the sky with a mighty roar before slowly dissipating, leaving behind nothing but a bright flash of light.

Everyone aside from Sakaki and anyone wearing shades had to cover their eyes against the light Naruto's attack produced. When the light from Naruto's attack subsided not a single person wasn't shocked at what they were witnessing, Gaara's Suna no Tama had completely become glass from the lightning's superheated form which was hotter than the surface of the sun.

No one could make out Gaara as the glass sphere was still giving off smoke, softly at first a slight cracking sound could be heard and as it got louder the glass collapsed in on it's self. Many tried hearing better in order to catch the sound of Gaara being impaled with glass but, the sound never came. What did come out however would be stuck in the minds of many people for years to come.

"BLOOD! IT'S MY BLOOD!" Gaara screamed in absolute hysterics for the first time in his life as a large appendage of sand that was close in similarity to a claw burst out from the sphere in an attempt to grab Naruto, who side stepped the slow claw and then severed it with Tokijin in one brutal stroke.

Up in the stands hidden away, Kurenai listened as Gaara let out a howl of pain at seeing his blood for the first time and took that as her cue to cast the genjutsu that would have been used by the enemy, however she put her own touch on it by layering a genjutsu that will slow and alter the enemy shinobi's motor functions as the battle wore on.

Nehan Shouja no Jutsu(Temple of Nirvana technique)

Large feathers appeared and started to fall all over the stadium as civilians and the more inexperienced shinobi fell to it's effects, only those that detected the effects and broke free or weren't caught by the genjutsu because they weren't effected were spared. Just as a huge explosion rocked the main gate and people all over the stadium knew what that signified.

The Invasion of Konoha had truly begun...

Outside the main gate of Konoha, moments prior

Groups of Oto and Suna nin stood ready to launch the attack on Konoha, as those within the summoning circle were also ready to do their part before joining the rest.

"Ready? Let's go!" One of the Oto commanders said as they rushed at the great gate of Konoha and threw a kunai wrapped in an explosive tag at it.

Soon the rest followed suit and begun pelting the doors with their weapons as the seal team was about to begin the summoning, were it not for one of their numbers letting out howls of pain as something protruded from his chest. Looking closer they could make out it was a tail of some kind.

"Hello ningen, lovely day to be flattened into nothing isn't it?" Sakaki's silken voice asked as she stepped out of the shadows in her hybrid form with one of her nine tails holding the Suna-nin up before a few more grabbed hold of him and ripped him into pieces before their very eyes.

"Try to make this enjoyable for me, I want to watch you all bleed out before I kill you." She said with a truly menacing smile that showed off the fangs in her mouth as her crimson orbs glowed with power as she advanced on her new playmates for the time being as the Invasion of Konoha had truly begun...

AN: All right chapter 6 is now done, I know it took a bit more time and that it's of shorter length than usual but I have a headache that won't leave me alone entirely but I will continue writing this story for you. Next up in Chapter 7 the invasion begins and we get to see some really intense and bloody fighting all over Konoha, I'd like to thank everyone that has left a review for this story and to those that don't find it to their liking I'll be the first to tell you. You don't have to keep reading the story if you feel that it doesn't meet your standards but I would appreciate it if you didn't keep reading it just to complain about how I'm writing something. If you feel you can do better I encourage you to go ahead and do so. Srry for the rant and I will see you all for chapter 7: The Invasion of Konoha part 1. Read and review because for every review I don't get a male Naruto character will suffer the punishment of the yaoi fangirl pit and we don't want that do we? Xeno signing off for now be E-Z.